Middletown Crowns Seven Champions at Donegal

Middletown Blue Raider Varsity wrestlers participated in the Donegal Holiday Tournament on December 27 - 28. The Blue Raiders made their presence known to all at this tournament Elizabethtown, Columbia, Donegal, Shippensburg, Kutztown, Garden Spot and Red Land. Middletown walked in to the gym and right from the beginning took control of this tournament. Junior Zach Witman, 103 won his way to the finals where he meet up with Hunter Kyner from Shippensburg and won by major 12-2. Freshman, Shane Miller, 112 dominated his weight class, majoring, tech falling and pinning his opponents. Miller meets senior Pat High from Garden Spot and won by decision 6-2.

Senior, Chris Kochinsky not only took first place pinning Kyle Coblentz in 1:33, but he won the Outstanding Wrestler Award for this tournament. Freshman, Mason Williams, 125, pinned every opponent he faced including his championship match. Williams pinned Kyle Morrow, Elizabethtown in 1:13. Junior, Kyler Killian, 130, took control of his weight class placing first after defeating Russell Davison from Shippensburg, 3-2. Junior, Ben Demko, 135, pinned his last opponent in the championship match, Craig Gunderson from Shippensburg in 3:40. Junior Jaime Reitzi, 215 scored the fastest pin of :08 seconds in his first match of the day and continued this success through out the tournament. Reitzi met up with Sean McMullen from Elizabethtown in the championship match and he dominated his winning by decision 14-3. This gave Middletown seven champions. The Raiders had two other wrestlers that placed this weekend. Junior, Nate Long, 189 placed seconded being pinned by Shane Rosenberry from Elizabethtown, Freshman Celby Allen, 140 placed third and Junior Drew Meise, 171 placed 6th.

On December 20th the Raiders traveled to Central Dauphin East, where the Varsity wrestlers won nine of the fourteen weight classes that evening. Greysen Vigilante, 171 received is first career win against Tyler Trethan with a technical fall in 5:30. Nate Long, 189 and Jaime Reitzi 215 both pinned their opponents in the first period. The next match up was Shane Miller, 112 faced off with Ty Nickoli and Miler won by decision 10-6, the winning continued for the next three weight classes. Chris Kochinsky, 119 won with a technical fall against Jake Williams. Mason Williams, 125 defeated Chris Barber 7-3. Kyler Killan, 130 pinned Tre Miller-Scott in :48 seconds. Drew Trump, 135 battled with his opponent but was unable to come up with the win. Ben Demko, 140 pinned Tyler Rhoades in 1:25. Celby Allen, 145 won with a technical fall in 5:55 and Robert Longtin, 152 worked hard to fight off the pin, but was unsuccessful. Overall the Raider dominated this match Middletown 45 and Central Dauphin East 29.

On December 22nd the Raiders traveled to Central Dauphin where Middletown was not favored to win against this powerhouse team. Nauman told his team to battle strong against this team win or lose I want to see everyone give 100%. This evening the Raiders started at Mason Williams, 125. Williams came into this match with an injured hand but he did not let that stop him from digging deep into his heart and wrestle like a champion. He faced off with Senior Patrick Wieger who was a state qualifier last year. Williams made Wieger work very hard for every point that was scored, but Mason did what he was told give a 100% and try not to give up bonus points or get pinned. Williams was defeated 8-2. Kyler Killian faced off with Ken Stank and battled tough but lost 6-2. Ben Demko, 135 went head to head with Adam Deichmiller and lost by decision 4-1. Central Dauphin continued their winning with seven more matches.. Middletown was only able to win the following matches, Nate Long, 189 by decision 2-1 over Kyle Wolfe. Jaime Reitzi moved up to 285 and was able to defeat his opponent by injury default over Troy Shott and Chris Kochinsky, 119 defeated Tyler Buckman by decision 7-1. The overall team score was Central Dauphin 54 and Middletown 12

Middletown will be facing off with Harrisburg on Thursday, January 3rd at home. The Middletown elementary program will be wrestling the same time as the Junior High. Come out and watch our future state place winners roll around the mats. On January 4-5 the varsity wrestlers will be traveling to Holland, PA to participate in the Escape of the Rock tournament.

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